Today on Flashpoints: We’ll speak to Food Not Bombs founder, Keith McHenry, about the continuing attacks on those who have devoted themselves to distributing free food to the poor. And we speak with Greg Palast who joins us for the latest installment of the Election Crimes Bulletin.

Today on Flashpoints: Teachers and Students unite to resist Trumps
anti-immigration policies: Also Going After Trump for the wrong
reasons: And a report on the latest nuclear faceoff between the US and
North Korea

Today on Flashpoints: Israeli Prime Minister in Washington D.C. for a
love fest with Donald Trump. Also a distinguished law professor makes
the case for Impeachment of Donald Trump:and we replay our interview
with Enrique Morones, Founder of the Border Angels

Today on Flashpoints: We’ll report on a systematic and persistent violation of asylum seekers now coming over the US/Mexico border. And, the Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletin returns with Greg Palast.

Today on Flashpoints: Meet the valve turners who pulled off the most expansive, coordinated takeover of fossil fuel infrastructure ever attempted in the US. Also, RootsAction.org founder, Norman Solomon, pushing for the impeachment of Trump. And we’ll speak with the legal director for NDLON about the racist Trump crackdown on undocumented people.

Today on Flashpoints: INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
MEXICAN BORDER PREPARE TO RESIST TRUMP’S WALL: ALSO AN INDEPTH LOOK
AT THE REAL REASONS FOR FORCED MIGRATION FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL
AMERICA TO THE US: AND WE’LL SPEAK TO THE LEGAL COUNCIL FOR THE
NATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK ABOUT TO PROTECT YOURSELF IF
YOUR UNDOCUMENTED IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Today on Flashpoints: We feature a panel discussion with a group of folks who recently visited the Bay Area from Standing Rock. Also an encore interview of our interview with Standing Rock water fighter Iron Eyes. And later we feature an encore broadcast of our recent interview with the new Mayor of Berkeley Jesse Arreguin.

Today on Flashpoints: Protests erupt all over the country in response
The Army Core of Engineers green lighting of the Dakota Access
Pipeline. We’ll feature a mini-doc on a protest and civil disobedience
that took place Wednesday morning in front of the San Francisco
Federal Building

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